🥩🍲 Slow-Cooked Pot Roast with Creamy Mashed Potatoes
This is a classic comfort meal: fall-apart tender beef cooked low and slow in a rich gravy, served over buttery, creamy mashed potatoes.
🧾 Ingredients
🥩 Pot Roast
- 1.2–1.5 kg beef chuck roast
- 2 tbsp oil (for searing)
- 1 large onion (sliced)
- 4–5 cloves garlic (minced)
- 3–4 carrots (chunked)
- 3–4 potatoes (chunked, optional in roast)
- 2 cups beef broth
- 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 tsp salt (adjust to taste)
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp dried thyme or rosemary
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 tbsp flour or cornstarch (for thickening, optional)
🥔 Creamy Mashed Potatoes
- 1 kg potatoes (peeled or unpeeled)
- 3–4 tbsp butter
- 1/2 cup milk or cream
- Salt to taste
- Black pepper (optional)
👩🍳 Instructions
1. Sear the beef (important for flavor)
- Heat oil in a pan over medium-high heat.
- Sear roast on all sides until deeply browned.
- Transfer to slow cooker.
2. Build the slow cooker base
- Add onions, garlic, carrots, and optional potatoes around the beef.
- Mix beef broth, Worcestershire sauce, tomato paste, salt, pepper, thyme, and bay leaf.
- Pour over everything.
3. Slow cook
- Cook:
- Low: 8–9 hours
- High: 4–5 hours
- Beef should be fork-tender and falling apart.
4. Make gravy (optional but recommended)
- Remove beef and vegetables.
- Mix 2 tbsp flour or cornstarch with a little water.
- Stir into slow cooker juices.
- Cook on high for 10–15 minutes until thickened.
5. Make mashed potatoes
- Boil potatoes in salted water until soft (15–20 minutes).
- Drain well.
- Mash with butter, milk/cream, salt, and pepper until smooth and creamy.
🍽️ Serve
- Spoon mashed potatoes onto plate.
- Top with shredded pot roast and vegetables.
- Drizzle rich gravy over everything.
🔥 Tips
- Searing the meat first gives deeper, restaurant-style flavor.
- Chuck roast is best because it becomes tender when slow-cooked.
- Add a splash of red wine for a richer gravy (optional).
If you want, I can also make a Mississippi pot roast version, a garlic herb gravy upgrade, or a one-pot Instant Pot shortcut version.
